Two Syrian army forces, including an officer, were killed in an attack by unknown assailants on an army outpost in central Homs province, activists said Friday. The evening attack took place in the town of Talbiseh in the northern countryside of Homs, according to Zaman al-Wasl...

Around 95 Arab personalities and Christian clerics have petitioned French, American, German and British governments to lift the sanctions set against the Assad regime for having caused a humanitarian crisis in Syria, according to the petitioners; a message which Syrian analysts unanimously...

Delegates from Libya’s warring factions on Friday selected four leaders to guide the North African country through to national elections in December, seen as a major — if uncertain — step toward unifying a nation with two separate governments in the east and west. In what could...

The family of a prominent Lebanese publisher and harsh critic of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group who was shot dead said Friday they want a forensic doctor they hired to determine whether he was tortured before he was killed. The development came amid much speculation that the...